Metallic container.



P.- D. HAM, METALLIC CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1913.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

L C I IIIVENTOR PQIZG YD. Ham BY WITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

rnamr'ni 'n'a'n, or GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application on August a, 1913, Serial 110. 788,286.

To all whom it maywoncem:

Be it known that I, Fromm-Di Him a citi mi of the United States5andaresident of Garfield in the county of Bergewand 'State- .o'f-New ersehave invented' a-new andlmcontainer and without dangenoj the operatersoiling the hands or spilling the contents of the container.

;In order! to accomplish the desired result) use is made. of a coverfitting onto= the ,body;

of the container, and-prying. meansmountedl omt-he'said coven andengagmgthe seidbody to permit of rying-the'cover'o' n.

A' practical embodimentof t e invention is represented in theaccompanyingdmwings forming a art of thisspecifieation, in which similar0 araoters of-reference indie cate corresponding parts in all the views-Figure l is aperspective view of the me-' tallic container with thecover closed tl' the prying means in inactive position; 2 is a plan viewof the same 5 and Fig. 3 1s a side elevation of the same with the partsin section.

The bod A of the container is preferably made of s eet metal of asuitable size and depth and terminating at its upper edge in anoutwardly-bent annular bead A. The cover B for closing the body A isprovided with an 11 wardly-extending flange B fittin into t e upper openend of the body A, ah the said flange B is rovided at its uper edge withan outward y-extending annuar bead B adapted to rest on top of the beadA to limit the downward movement of' flattening the corre'spondi i't'i's1 esire d to pry arms C extending in spaces B formed by portions of thebead B of the cover B. W en the bail C is in folded position, that is,extends within the upper portion of the cover B then the prylng arms l?he flat on the head A, and when it IS desired to pry the cover B open itis only necessary to swing the bail C upward so that the pr wing; arms Cin bearin on the head A 11ft .t ecover B out of the ody A of themetallic containen. .When it is desired to. r lace the cover B the bailG is swung bac into folded position and then the cover B is pressed downin the end ofithe body A" Inorderto, provide as muoh room (as possiblewithin the container A, the middle portion ofthecbjver B is bentupwardly to rovide an annulanspace B intowhich the ILC s folded onswinging the-bail down- .wardintofolded position. By provid theofisetsCi themajor portion of the ba lies 1n.close,proxnn1ty to theexterior wall of thestruckmp ,centratportion B so as to .pro-

,yide-suflioientroom iii-$11G S acefi. for the insprtionfofa finger-peat ol; with vh ib m swm the bail G into open position whenever the coverB open, as pretibns "e firmed. rt'lt oug two prying arms C are shown 1t1s.evident that one prying arm on one of the trunnions is sufliclent tor the cover B open when swinging the bailg upwardly, as Iprev ouslyexplained.

t Wlll be noticed that the bail C when swung into, open position servesto conveniently carry the cover B about and to manipulate the same whilelifting the pried olpen cover from the body A or replacing it t ereon.

It will further be noticed that the bail C I forms a permanent part ofthe cover B, and when the container is closed and the bail C is infolded position then it forms no undesirable projection, and a series ofcontainers can be readily stacked without the slightest interference bythe bails C.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a metallic container, the combination of a body having an externalhead at the upper ed e, a cover fittin into the upper end of t c saidbod an havin an external bead opposite t e said body ad, the said coverbead having flattened portions at diametrically opposite points 130provide with an annular depression a jacent the.

cover bead; and a bail of approximately segmental shape normallextending in the said depression, the bai having trunnions attened beadportions, the trunnions terminating in pryin arms extending in the saidbead space an overlying the body bead to'pry the cover open on impartinan up- -ward' swinging motion to the said ail.

2. A metallic container, comprising a body provided with an externalbead at the upper ed "a, a cover fitting into the upper end body andprovided with an external bead'adapted to engage the head on the saidbody to limit the inward movement of the cover on the body when placingthe cover in gosition on the body, diametrically 0pb I te' 'portions ofthe said cover bead being flattened to provide spaces-above the bodybeadfat the time the cover is in closed po- 'sit'ion, the topof the saidcover bein provided with an annular depression a aoent the said" coverbead; and a hail of approxi 'mately segmental shape normally extendingin the's'aid depression, the bail having trunnions journaled inthe'sides of the cover at the said flattened bead ortions, thetrunnions'terminating in prying arms extending in the said bead spacesand overlying the bead of the body to pry the cover open on the saidournaled in the sides of the cover at the" impartmg aln upward swingingmotion to 3 A metallic container, comprising a body provided with anexternal head at the upper the said body and provided with an externalbead ada ted' to engage the head on the said body to limitthe-inwardmovement of the (River on the body when placing the cover in position onthe body, diametrically opposlte portions of the said cover bead beingflattened to provide spaces above the body bead at the time the cover isin closed position', the said cover being rovided with an annular spaceadjacent t e cover bead and below thetop of the cover; and a se mentalbail having trunnions journ'aled in the sides of the cover at the saidflattened bead portions, the trunnions terminating in prying armsextending in the said bead spaces and overlying the head of the body topry the cover open on 'impartin an upward swinging motion to the saidail, the said bail being provided with ofi'sets adj aoent the trunnions,the. said bail and its offsets normally-extending in a horizontal planeand within the said annular space.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PERLEY D. HAM. "WitneSS9S:

IRA J. Boonnr, Fnoimnon H. MOCONAGEY.

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